Smith, Arthur H. [Hrsg.]; British Museum <London> / Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities [Hrsg.]: Catalogue of sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities (Band 3) (London, 1904)

UNKNOWN ROMAN PORTRAITS.

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Italian marble. Height, 9^ inches. Restored: chin and bust.
Hus. Marbles, X., pi. 18, fig. 2 ; Ellis, Town. Gall., II., p. 62;
Grceco-Roman Guide, I., No. 79; Mausell, No. 1320.

1936. Bust of a Eoman boy, the head slightly turned to his
right. The hair is combed low on the forehead, and falls
in ringlets over each ear and down the back of the neck.
The bust is draped with a tunic, and folds of a cloak
falling over the left shoulder. This head has been
thought to be that of a young Nero, but the identification
cannot be established.—Payne Knight Bequest, 1824.

Marble. Height, 1 foot 1 inch. Restored: tip of nose, lobe of left
ear, and small fragments of drapery. Mus. Marbles, XL, pi. 27 ;
Graco-Roman Guide, I., No. 76; Mansell, No. 1267.

1937. Small terminal bust of a boy, smiling. The hair is
tied with a twisted fillet, of which the ends fall on the
shoulders. There is a small knot of hair above the
middle of the forehead. The ears are pierced for metal
earrings.—Temple Bequest.

Red Laconian marble. Height, 7^ inches. Restored: nose, small
part of hair.

1938. Beardless portrait head of a young man. The head is
slightly thrust forward.— Temple Bequest.

Greek marble, with the surface much worn. Height, 1 foot 1J- inches.
Restored: nose. Grceco-Roman Guide, II., No. 150.

1939. Youthful male bust, apparently a portrait. The masses
of curling hair are treated as in portraits of the young
Lucius Verus. Sculpture coarse and rough and unfinished
at the back. The end of the nose is broken off, and the
surface generally is in bad condition, having suffered
apparently from fire. 2nd cent. a.t>. (?).

Greek marble. Height, 1 foot 2J inches. Bought of Castellani, 1873.
Graco-Roman Guide, II., No. 175.